Title: Mobilising Finance for Infrastructure: Mozambique Case Study
Language: English
Type: Document
Nature: Case Study
Published: August 1, 2015
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Country: Mozambique
Topic: Financing and Risk Mitigation
Keywords: Knowledge Lab, Funding and Financing
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Document Summary:
This country study provides an overview of the market for infrastructure finance in Mozambique (focusing on the economic infrastructure sectors: energy, transport, water and telecoms) using evidence gained from eleven consultations held with stakeholders and complementary desk-based research.
The report aims to examine the most recent infrastructure deals that have been completed to identify the main factors that have enabled them to reach financial close. It also sets out stakeholders’ views on the key barriers to mobilising increased private finance for infrastructure development in Mozambique.
Document Details:
This report was produced by Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA) as part of a wide-ranging research programme funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) that explores the factors constraining the provision of private finance to support infrastructure investment in DFID’s focus countries.
This report provides an overview of the market for infrastructure finance in (focusing on economic infrastructure sectors: energy, transport and water) using evidence gained from 11 consultations held with stakeholders (in the period December 2014 to February 2015) and complementary desk-based research.
The study provides background on the key policy reforms implemented by the Government of Mozambique (GoM) in an attempt to provide a framework more conducive for private finance; an overview of closed and pipeline transactions that have taken place across the different infrastructure sectors; and then sets out the findings on the main factors constraining increased private finance for infrastructure drawing largely on the views of stakeholders.
Updated: March 7, 2022